Todd Blanche attended law school at night at Brooklyn School of Law.
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VINCESep 16, 2026
Multiple reliable sources, including AP, PBS, the DOJ official profile, and Britannica, state that Todd Blanche attended Brooklyn Law School at night while working as a paralegal at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan/SDNY. The claim matches the passage's assertion (Todd Blanch, law school at night, Brooklyn School of Law), with the spelling variant treated as the same person.
What was said
… I mean, just how I feel. But so Todd and I had our fights, but we always had them like brothers have fights. You know, you're in a trenches. I fought my brother my whole life. Here's what I say about Todd. People remember this: Todd Blanch went to law school at night, Brooklyn School of Law, and then became a prosecutor in a hot shot place. In other words, he came from nothing. He didn't come from Harvard and to these places, and a lot of these jerks that are in these prosecuting shops come from Harvard or Yale, and they tell you how smart they …
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Supports. AP reports Blanche attended Brooklyn Law School at night while working as a paralegal at the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan, and graduated cum laude.[1][5]
Supports. The DOJ Office of the Attorney General profile states Blanche attended Brooklyn Law School at night while serving as a paralegal in the SDNY U.S. Attorney's Office.[3]
Supports. Britannica states Blanche earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School by attending night classes while working as a paralegal at the SDNY U.S. Attorney's Office.[6]
Supports. A Senate Judiciary letter of support says Blanche attended law school at night in Brooklyn while working full-time as a paralegal in the SDNY.[4]
Context. Snopes notes Blanche graduated law school in 2003, and Wikipedia reports the same night-attendance detail; no source contradicts the night-school claim.[2][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Who is Todd Blanche, Trump's pick for acting US attorney ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Posts claim Trump appointed Ghislaine Maxwell's former ...snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Todd Blanche - Office of the Attorney Generaljustice.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Nomination of Todd Blanche to be Deputy Attorney ...judiciary.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5What to know about Todd Blanche, Trump's pick for acting ...pbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Todd Blanche | Attorney General, Trump's Personal Lawyer ...britannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Todd Blanche - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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